In any discussion of long-ago restaurants, Westporters of a certain age remember Cafe Barna.
In the 1950s and ’60s, it was one of our town’s go-to places.
Located where Mitchell’s is now, on the Post Road near Hillspoint Road, and serving a cuisine that has fallen a bit out of favor here — Hungarian-American — it offered (according to the reverse site of this postcard) “Dancing every Friday and Saturday night to Rozsika and her Continental Orchestra.”
There was also “Music on Sunday.”
(Photo courtesy of Christopher Maroc, via Facebook)
Cafe Barna was a member of “Diners and American Express Club.” It boasted of being air-conditioned. Party and banquet facilities were available.
The phone number was CApital 7-6053.
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